extending raid5e volume

[sphilip]

we have a raid5E setup on our server. win2k advanced
server. we have a data volume where all documents & other
files of our work are stored, this volume contains no
system files. this volume has run out of space. we added
new HDD but i cannot extend this volume as this is basic
volume, so i upgraded it to dynamic volume. but still i
cannot extend as it doest support an upgrade.

now what i intend on doing is to create a new volume as
dynamic using the HDDs i have and then extend the 1st
volume into this.

is this possible?

please advice me on if this the best way out? or is there
any other better solution?

can u help me with any documentations for creating a
raid5e volume?

 

[Leonard Severt [MSFT]]

we have a raid5E setup on our server. win2k advanced
server. we have a data volume where all documents & other
files of our work are stored, this volume contains no
system files. this volume has run out of space. we added
new HDD but i cannot extend this volume as this is basic
volume, so i upgraded it to dynamic volume. but still i
cannot extend as it doest support an upgrade.

now what i intend on doing is to create a new volume as
dynamic using the HDDs i have and then extend the 1st
volume into this.

is this possible?

please advice me on if this the best way out? or is there
any other better solution?

can u help me with any documentations for creating a
raid5e volume?

You can not extend a dynamic volume that is a converted basic volume. It
has to be created dynamic at the start. However there was a better
solution while the volume was basic. Diskpart can be used to extend a
basic volume as long as the additional space is contigious to the first.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;325590

Leonard Severt
Windows 2000 Server Setup Team